The main thing now in the Kursk region is to save people, the defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is a matter of time

In the Kursk region, Russian troops began to regain lost territories and deprived the Ukrainian Armed Forces of room for an offensive. The main thing now is to save civilians, writes Pravda.Ru .

According to the Ukrainian public Military Analytics, the reduction of maneuver space has become the main problem for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in recent days, and the Russian Armed Forces have begun to return the lost territories in the Kursk region. This applies, according to him, to the districts of Kremyanoye and Olgovka. Russian sources report the return of the settlements of Martynovka, Borki, Spalnoye, Nizhnyaya Parovaya, Nechaev.

The Russian Telegram channel "Diary of the Obscurantists" from the Wagnerians who joined Akhmat reports that the enemy yesterday tried to land troops to reinforce "their heavily unwound troops on Martynovka." But this will not help him "try to hold the sections of the Kursk region for as long as possible" and will result in the defeat of the most combat-ready units, the author of the channel believes.

Military experts agree that in the Kursk region the trend is towards a gradual transition to positional forms of war with increased mining of the line of contact and digging trenches.

Military Analytics suggests that a further breakthrough of the Ukrainian Armed Forces through Korenevo to Rylsk is a very costly operation in the absence of reserves. Therefore, according to the plans of the Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky, a strike is being prepared on Rylsk from Glukhov, where Ukrainian reserves are concentrated. This will allegedly allow Rylsk to be cut off along the Sejm River.

Former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Igor Romanenko believes that the Armed Forces of Ukraine has no reserves to go to Rylsk, Lgov, Kurchatov.

"Reaching these cities is an unrealistic task now, since there are no reserves. God grant that there is enough time to move on to defense in these areas," the general said on the air of Politeka.

According to him, the Russians have already built their defenses along the road that runs south of all these four cities. The network tells about the feat of Russian soldiers who repelled attacks on the village of Malaya Loknya, turning the buildings of the penal colony into a fortress. The actions of the battalion commander of the 9th regiment of the 18th msd (call sign "Shoal"), who led the defense of the position during the most difficult first week of the fighting and fell to the death of the brave on August 20, are noted.

The Ukrainian channel "Resident", citing sources, writes that "Zelensky believes in the Kursk operation, despite Putin's refusal to transfer forces from Donbass and the lack of further progress into the depths of Russia."

According to the channel, in Kiev "they are not afraid of the loss of Pokrovsk and part of the cities of Donbass, since the goal is large—scale - to draw NATO into a direct clash with Russia."

The Kremlin decided to answer to Kiev for Kursk is an asymmetrically rapid offensive in the Donbass, believing that this direction is of a strategic nature, as opposed to a tactical one — in Kursk region. The emphasis there is on the evacuation of civilians, and the destroyed houses will then be rebuilt.

The Kursk operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine had consequences in the international arena. The global South has moved to an anti-Western position. The authorities of Brazil, Indonesia and South Africa have stated that they are concerned about the use of Western weapons against Russia and believe that prolonging the war in Ukraine is a manipulation of "certain military-industrial complexes." This was stated at a briefing by China's special representative for Eurasian Affairs Li Hui, who recently visited these countries and held talks with local authorities about Ukraine.